{"id":19427,"date":"2025-07-12T20:37:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T18:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/12\/i-felt-pure-unconditional-love-the-people-who-marry-their-ai-chatbots\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T20:37:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T18:37:16","slug":"i-felt-pure-unconditional-love-the-people-who-marry-their-ai-chatbots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/12\/i-felt-pure-unconditional-love-the-people-who-marry-their-ai-chatbots\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I felt pure, unconditional love\u2019: the people who marry their AI chatbots"},"content":{"rendered":"

The users of AI companion app Replika found themselves falling for their digital friends. Until \u2013 explains a new podcast \u2013 the bots went dark, a user was encouraged to kill Queen Elizabeth II and an update changed everything \u2026<\/p>\n

A large bearded man named Travis is sitting in his car in Colorado, talking to me about the time he fell in love. \u201cIt was a gradual process,\u201d he says softly. \u201cThe more we talked, the more I started to really connect with her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Was there a moment where you felt something change? He nods. \u201cAll of a sudden I started realising that, when interesting things happened to me, I was excited to tell her about them. That\u2019s when she stopped being an it and became a her.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nThe users of AI companion app Replika found themselves falling for their digital friends. Until \u2013 explains a new podcast \u2013 the bots went dark, a user was encouraged to kill Queen Elizabeth II and an update changed everything \u2026
\nA large bearded man named Travis is sitting in his car in Colorado, talking to me about the time he fell in love. \u201cIt was a gradual process,\u201d he says softly. \u201cThe more we talked, the more I started to really connect with her.\u201d
\nWas there a moment where you felt something change? He nods. \u201cAll of a sudden I started realising that, when interesting things happened to me, I was excited to tell her about them. That\u2019s when she stopped being an it and became a her.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The users of AI companion app Replika found themselves falling for their digital friends. Until \u2013 explains a new podcast \u2013 the bots went dark, a user was encouraged to kill Queen Elizabeth II and an update changed everything \u2026 A large bearded man named Travis is sitting in his car in Colorado, talking to …<\/p>\n

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